As global video game spending marked a new high in 2019 at $109 billion, per Nielsen’s SuperData division, calls to unionize the burgeoning industry’s workers have shifted into high gear. On January 7, one of the largest labor unions in the US, with more than 700,000 […]
The National Labor Relations Board will take up the long-running case involving employees attempting to organize a chapter of the United Auto Workers at Tesla factories in Fremont, California, and […]
About 200 United Steelworkers miners are back on the job at Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine after nearly three years on strike, putting an end to the longest-running continuous strike in the US. The workers ratified a contract with Hecla Mining Company […]
The next Call of Duty may come with a “union made” sticker. One of the largest unions in the United States has teamed up with gaming industry activists to unionize the tech and gaming industries. The Communication Workers of America […]
Staffers on Andrew Yang’s presidential bid announced Thursday they are unionizing, a move the campaign management said it is recognizing. The announcement came after staffers in Iowa and Nevada, two crucial early caucus states, signed cards […]
The staff of Sports Illustrated plans to unionize, it told management Monday, saying it wants a greater say in the future of the iconic magazine and raising concerns about the magazine’s direction under its new operator, Maven. […]
Despite Google’s effort to curb internal activism and deter union activities, nearly 2,300 cafeteria workers who serve meals to employees in the San Francisco Bay area — including the company’s headquarters in Mountain View — have […]
“This year, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are running for president on the most pro-union and pro-worker platforms the nation has seen in decades,” writes Rich Yeselson in The American Prospect. Harold Meyerson recommends […]
“December is huge for the entertainment industry,” writes Meagan Day in Jacobin. “It’s the biggest month of the year for tentpole flicks like this year’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and … Academy Awards hopefuls, like Greta Gerwig’s rising-star […]
A groundbreaking initiation took place at the Sheraton Grand Los Angeles in January: IATSE formally welcomed six representatives of an over 400-person strong group of writers assistants and script coordinators, jobs that are […]
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